REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE LANDLORDS : CONSIDERATION OF A LANDLORD AS A FIT AND PROPER PERSON - REPORT BY HMO LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OFFICER

Report Summary - This report provided Members with details of the reasons for request to remove the Landlord from the Register.

Decision

7.1 NOTED that the Applicant, had not attended the meeting;

7.2 AGREED to determine the application in the absence of the Applicant; the HMO Licensing and Landlord Registration Officers confirmation that he had served upon the applicant via recorded delivery service with signature a letter advising him of the said hearing.

7.3 The Panel heard from the HMO Licensing and Landlord Registration Officer
and AGREED to remove Landlord from the Register of Landlords on the ground that he is no longer a fit and proper person.

Report Summary - This report provided Members with details of the historical background leading to the interim suspension now in place and details of the Chief Constables complaint.

The Licensing Panel heard from Sergeant Dodds on the grounds of the Chief Constables objection and the Applicants Agent.

VOTE

MOTION by DAVID J MCKIE seconded by PATSY GILROY to further suspend for unexpired portion on the ground that the licence holder is no longer a fit and proper person to hold a licence.

AMENDMENT by TOM A MCAUGHTRIE seconded by ALISTAIR GEDDES not to invoke further suspension of the licence on the basis that an undertaken can be given by the licence holder that he undergo an anger management course and submit a letter of referral from his GP confirming such as well as further documented evidence that he attend said course.

Report Summary - This report provided Members with details of the Chief Constables complaint and the existing interim suspension of the licence.

Decision

NOTED

10.1 the Licence Holder had been unable to attend and she had notified the Clerk of such that morning;

10.2 the present Interim Suspension would lapse on 24 February 2017,

10.3 AGREED that this matter required to be dealt with at this meeting otherwise the present Interim suspension would lapse and the Private Drivers licence would come back into effect without the scrutiny of the Panel; and

10.4 The Panel heard from Sergeant Dodds on the reasons for the Chief Constables request for suspension and AGREED not to invoke further the suspension of the licence.